‎NCC names Princess Emiko interim Chair of Digital Bridge Institute

The NCC has placed new leadership at the helm of its 22-year-old digital training institute, signalling a major repositioning push for Nigeria’s communications sector.
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‎By Chioma Obinagwam
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‎The Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has appointed Princess Oforitsenere Emiko as Interim Chairman of the governing board of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), a press release obtained by Confiance News confirmed.
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‎The appointment, dated June 8, 2026, and signed by Nnenna Ukoha, Head of Public Affairs at the NCC, signals the Commission’s intent to reposition the Institute for what it described as the next era of Nigeria’s communications sector and digital economy.
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‎Joining Princess Emiko on the interim board, Confiance News learned, are Engr. Abraham Oshadami, Executive Commissioner for Technical Services, and Ms. Rimini Makama, Executive Commissioner for Stakeholder Management. The three will work alongside the Institute’s President/CEO, Mr. David Daser, and existing board members whose tenures remain active.
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‎DBI at 22: Why NCC says a new direction is overdue
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‎Established by the NCC in May 2004, DBI was created as a specialised centre for telecommunications and information technology training. In the more than two decades since, its mandate has been overtaken by the speed of the sector it serves.
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‎The sector has evolved from telecommunications into a broad, fast-moving digital economy where technology now advances quickly enough to demand continuous specialised training and where communications infrastructure has become a matter of national sovereignty, the release sighted by Confiance News stated.
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‎The NCC framed the repositioning around Nigeria’s demographic reality. With 70 percent of Nigerians under the age of 30, the Commission said the DBI transformation is designed to equip young people with advanced technical skills and close the capability gap that currently slows technology adoption across the communications sector and the wider digital economy.
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‎Five focus areas will drive the repositioned institute
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‎The repositioned DBI will concentrate its work across five strategic areas: Education and Training, Research and Development, Innovation, Economic Impact and Growth, and Emerging Policy and Regulation, documents reviewed by Confiance News showed.
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‎The NCC said the strategy was shaped through engagements that extended beyond the Commission and the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, to include consultations with the Federal Ministry of Education and TETFund, the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).